Instantly AI on Reddit: the thread archive

I think aim for 3-4 weeks of warmup. Admittedly, Instantly's warmup isn't the most reliable so always give it more time to be on the safe side. I definitely would not include your portfolio link to the email. Spam risk triples anytime…

Been running 5 domains on instantly for 8 months. Past 3 weeks my open rate went from 45% to un

Thanks, that IMAP throttling angle makes sense. Quick check on my side, my config is already pretty conservative: Daily warmup limit: 10 (not 15) Daily increase: 1 Reply rate: 30% Advanced settings (weekdays only, read emulation) are locked behind a higher plan…

instantly vs smartlead debate is honestly evergreen . both are solid for pure email volume, you're not making a wrong choice either way. the thing i flag is the apollo data quality issue you mentioned. that's worth solving before optimizing which sending…

Been on Instantly for about 8 months now and the past 3 weeks have been brutal. Running 5 domai

Just to be transparent here, I'm the CEO of MailReach. Yes, you shouldn’t be tracking opens in 2026. It’s increasingly unreliable (MPP, bot prefetching). Regardless of which tool you continue to use, don’t rely on opens as a metric. Instead, focus on…

Yep, this is pretty normal and isn't really a Smartlead-specific issue. Open tracking has been unreliable for years because spam filters, security scanners, Apple Mail Privacy Protection, and Outlook can all trigger opens without a human ever reading the email. That's why…

Founder of Breakcold here, we personally use Smartlead. For pure cold email at your volume both Instantly and Smartlead are solid picks, you cant really go wrong. I'd also look at Lemlist which has gotten way better lately, and Woodpecker is underrated…

been testing cold email platforms for the last 3 months and i'm honestly torn. running a 12-per

Automating all that setup is a good pitch. The hard part is proving deliverability and trust.

Just finished a trial of both for teh past month with my agency. we run about 50k emails per we

Going up against Instantly/Smartlead. We built cold email infrastructure for founders who are t